Au vs. SPX (NFTRH185 snippet)

NFTRH185 transitioned from an intensive breakdown of a developing bullish
case for gold stocks into a more broad discussion, 'Transitioning to the
Macro' from which this brief extract is clipped:

Saving the best for last, behold the Au-SPX ratio and its Cup (3 years in
the making) & Handle (conveniently, a Falling Wedge with 5 distinct waves
that people who count such things might like to see). A 5th wave could still
be in the making down to 1.1, but this is a really bullish structure and I
am not afraid to say so.

The Cup & Handle in AU-SPX could be viewed as another take on the Au-TYX
'gold vs. human hopes for prosperity' angle noted earlier. Stock market players
do not tend to like gold stocks during phases where gold under performs broad
equities. Now, that beautiful and bullish looking Wedge has managed to destroy
gold stock sentiment and get at least one notable trend following analyst to
call US equities over gold. Fine sir, but that looks like a terrible risk vs.
reward proposition to me.

Isn't it funny that a segment titled 'Transitioning to the Macro' ends up
coming back to the gold stock sector again and again? Here I will remind you
that NFTRH is not a
gold stock newsletter. What it is is a newsletter with a particular
view of the macro economic backdrop from which it extrapolates investment themes.
The gold stock sector will eventually benefit from the chronic economic contraction
now in progress. But it will do so on the market's terms and in the market's
time.

While we are snipping, here is another clip from the 'Wrap Up' segment
of #185:

Finally, I want to again bring up a point made recently. In the wake of the
Euro crisis, a macro picture was painted of the US whereby its short-term interest
rates were manipulated to rise in relation to its long-term rates. This was
Goldilocks, the best of all worlds with an economic bounce and few signs of
inflationary pressure. But we noted that here in an election year as the current
administration and its enablers prepare to do what is needed for reelection,
the economy may appear firm and stock markets may well remain bullish on balance.
But at some point the bullishness could include those items cast out of the
initial macro painting; namely precious metals and commodities.

The move in Copper last week could be an indication that a phase is beginning
that would see any coming strength in 'inflationary 2012' as being more honest,
scrapping the Goldilocks fairy tale, with a growing inflationary component.

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